Limestone District School Board

The Energy Systems Engineering Technology (ESET) program at St. Lawrence College provides 3rd-year students with the opportunity to conduct a professional energy audit of a commercial property. The project spans two semesters and since 2008 the ESET program has audited 20 Limestone Schools.

In 2008, ESET students conducted a professional energy audit where the goal was to perform an in-depth analysis of energy (electrical and heating) usage of Winston Churchill Public School. Effectively creating a baseline of energy consumption that was then modelled in RETScreen, an energy modelling software, used to analyze possible retrofits (building energy efficiency upgrades). Taking a holistic approach allowed the students to model and test various retrofit options to determine the most impactful and cost-effective solutions. This is known in the energy industry as the low hanging fruit.

Implementing cost-effective solutions as recommended by these energy audits allowed

Sir Winston Churchill Public School to:

● Reduce CO 2 Emissions

● Reduce Energy Usage

● Reduce Operational Cost

For more detailed information on the research conducted and overall results of this case study, please see the following PDF and video.

The following PDF highlights the research and results of the study in
collaboration with the Limestone District School Board.

This project is outlined in more detail in the video above by Joe Hendry, the Capital Projects Coordinator at the Limestone District School Board.

About Limestone District School Board

The Limestone District School Board offers elementary and secondary students an education that is enriched with diverse and unique programming opportunities and activities to complement the Ontario curriculum while supporting the achievement and well-being of every student.

The Board's district serves more than 19,000 students in 57 schools and 8 education centres covering a geographic area of 7,719 square kilometres across the City of Kingston, the Townships of Central Frontenac, North Frontenac, South Frontenac, Addington Highlands, Loyalist, Stone Mills, the Frontenac Islands and the Town of Greater Napanee.